February 2006 » People's Republic of South Devon

Grave situation

By PRSD, on Thursday, February 16, 2006 |

Hooray for the Herald Express. Their community minded hacks have tipped off the cops about a website prank involving a face-off between ‘Jesus and Satan’, filmed in Torbay’s glamorous Churston church. The judicious journos also flagged up another website video which apparently boasted acts of vandalism and ‘crude approaches’ to members of the public. Police

Clutching at straws?

By PRSD, on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 |

â€˜When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone; let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for.â€™ John Ruskin 1849.

Picture this. Tucked away on the old turnpike road just below the busy A381 Western Bypass on the

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Political. Correctness. Gone. Maaaad.

By PRSD, on Monday, February 13, 2006 | 2 comments - ()

Do you remember the recent hoo-ha about the Bretonside graffiti? It all seems like a long time ago now but it was only the beginning of last week. Which is a shame because it gave everyone who piled into the debate the chance to feel terribly smug and ever-so right-on, daddio. The work, which depicted

With a film

By PRSD, on Sunday, February 12, 2006 |

The second part of the Creative Collective short film screenings takes part at the Lamb Inn, Sandord, near Credtion today at 2.30pm. Included in the varied and imaginative films on show will be a selection from the 2 Short Nights film festival 2004Â2005. Admission, as ever, is free.

The Creative Collective is a monthly short

Chiefs and Villains

By PRSD, on Saturday, February 11, 2006 |

Rosa Luxemburg, I have been lead to believe, was a great fan of rugby union. It was her one guilty, decadent pleasure.

So I found myself with an invite to the Exeter Chiefs. Thrills, spills, excitement, a good crowd and a win for the West Country boys from a stonking second-half performance.

The club moves

Back to the planet

By PRSD, on Friday, February 10, 2006 |

Pinko punkers will be totally, like, saving the world tonight at the Viaduct in Plymouth. Which is nice of them. Four rocking combos (Black Friday, S Punk 3, Denada and The Bus Station Loonies – as if that means anything to you lot) will be heading to the city’s famous Bretonside bus station to raise

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Peter pops in

By PRSD, on Thursday, February 9, 2006 | 1 comment - ()

‘It’s nice to re-open links with the West Country,’ said Sir Peter Blake. He was in Exeter, at the Eyestorm Gallery on the quay, which is showing a selection of his work. It’s a body called Found Art, the godfather of British Pop Art told me, explaining the diverse, eclectic, but oddly homogenous mass of